Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it isn’t
Centuries before Christianity the Greeks had their own ideas about desire - Erotic love was not a pleasant diversion but a high-stakes trial to be survived, quivering with perilous energy
How scientists reconstructed a huge statue of Emperor Constantine the Great in Rome
Originally some 11 metres tall, it was later broken up and pillaged for bronze
Magna Graecia’s Legacy: The stories of Italy’s ancient Greek colonies (video)
Today these Greek colonies are often forgotten, but their legacy can still be felt in the region’s cultural landscape
